17 wonderful images of people and places in Newcastle

We have dug deep into our archives to find these wonderful pictures of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Spanning back to early as the 1930s, the pictures show how much the town has changed through the decades and include some fascinating images of the beautiful Queen's Gardens, local people shopping in the town's High Street and surrounding area and crowds enjoying the sunshine outside of the Guildhall in the town centre. There are interesting photographs from our archives of the market featuring a huge amount of shoppers, the bus station in the eighties and one of the town by former Sentinel photographer Ernest Warrillow. This picture - one of many taken of North Staffordshire and South Cheshire - shows Newcastle and is believed to have been taken in or around 1935.

Children enjoying the swings in Chesterton in 1958. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)1 of 17

Remember shopping on the High Street in Newcastle? This picture was taken in 1965. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)2 of 17

This photograph - taken in 1973 - shows the High Street in the town when it was open to traffic. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)3 of 17

A bustling street scene. This picture shows shoppers in 1979 in the centre of town. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)4 of 17

The bus station as it was in 1982. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)5 of 17

Morris Square in Wolstanton. Do you remember it? This picture was taken in 1987. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)6 of 17

The vehicles in this picture may give the decade away - any idea? It was the seventies, in fact, 1975 to be precise and shows the town's High Street with Debenhams in the background. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)7 of 17

A long walk for bakery dispatch manager Neville Farmer as he makes his way to Burgess's shop. This image is from 1979. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)8 of 17

What a busy town! This image shows people shopping and relaxing outside the Guildhall. It was taken in 1982. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)9 of 17

Elsie Purchase, Elsie Wootton and Gladys Jenkins with two-year-old Rosemary Rowley in 1965. Do you remember shopping trips in Newcastle and in particular this oatcake baker? (Image: Stoke Sentinel)10 of 17

Like a scene from a Beatles album cover! These women are on their way out on a shopping trip in 1984. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)11 of 17

This picture is going back a few years - to 1937. It shows Queen's Gardens. Isn't it wonderful?! (Image: Stoke Sentinel)12 of 17

Remember the market in Newcastle - just look how busy it is here. This picture, from our archives, was taken in the early eighties - 1981 to be exact. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)13 of 17

Do you remember Henry White's store? Years ago, a tram line used to run through the town centre in front of the shop. The shop is long gone and the Roebuck Shopping Centre is now situated to the left of where Henry White's once was. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)14 of 17

Christmas shopping in Newcastle. This picture was taken in 1969 - but our archives don't tell us what shop this was. Any idea? (Image: Stoke Sentinel)15 of 17

This picture is from an album depicting everyday life in North Staffordshire and South Cheshire and was taken by former Sentinel photographer Ernest Warrillow . It shows Newcastle and is believed to have been taken around 1935. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)16 of 17

Do you remember the High Street before it was pedestrianised? This picture may jog your memory - it was taken in the 1960s. (Image: Stoke Sentinel)17 of 17